Talk Like a Pirate!

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Talk Like a Pirate!
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Pirate Lingo

• Ahoy Hey!
• Arrr Yes, I agree, I'm happy
• Avast Stop!
• Aye Yes

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Biscuit eater - a sailor Bilge Rat an insult.
Black spot to be 'placin' the black spot' be
markin' someone for death. As in Treasure
Island. Booty treasure
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Bung hole Food on a ship was stored in wooden
casks. The stopper in the barrel is called the
bung, and the hole is called the bung hole.
Buccanneer a pirate who be answerin' to no man
or blasted government. By the Powers! an
exclamation, uttered by Long John Silver in
Treasure Island!
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Cat o' nine tails whip for floggin' mutineers
Corsair a pirate who be makin' his berth in the
Med-...Medi-...that sea 'tween Spain and Africa,
aye! Davy Jones' Locker the bottom o' the sea,
where the souls of dead men lie Doubloons
pieces of gold...
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Fiddlers Green the private heaven where pirates
be goin' when they die. Furner a ship which be
yer own, not one ye steal an' plunder.
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Gentlemen o' fortune a slightly more positive
term fer pirates! Go on the account to embark
on a piratical cruise. Grog A pirate's favorite
drink. Hornpipe Both a single-reeded musical
instrument sailors often had aboard ship, and a
spirited dance that sailors do.
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Jack a flag or a sailorJolly Roger the skull
and crossbones, the pirate flag! Keelhaul a
truly vicious punishment where a scurvy dog be
tied to a rope and dragged along the
barnacle-encrusted bottom of a ship. They not be
survivin' this.
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Landlubber "Land-lover," someone not used to
life onboard a ship. Lass A woman.
Lily-livered faint o' heart Loaded to the
Gunwales (pron. gunnels) drunk Matey A
shipmate or a friend.
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Me Beauty A lovely lady. Me hearty a friend or
shipmate. Me My. Pieces o' eight pieces o'
silver which can be cut into eights to be givin'
small change. Privateer a pirate officially
sanctioned by a national power
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Scallywag A bad person. A scoundrel. Scurvy
dog! another fine insult! Shiver me timbers!
an exclamation of surprise, to be shouted most
loud. Smartly do something quickly.
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Son of a Biscuit Eater a derogatory term
indicating a son of a sailor. Sprogs raw,
untrained recruits. Squadron a group of ten or
less warships. Squiffy a buffoon.
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Swaggy a scurvy cur's ship what ye be intendin'
to loot! Swashbucklin' fightin' and carousin' on
the high seas! Sweet trade the career of
piracy. Thar The opposite of "here. Yo-ho-ho
Pirate laughter